I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Everybody's building ships and boats
Some are building monuments, others jotting down notes
Everybody's in despair, every girl and boy
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
Everybody's gonna jump for joy
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
I like to go just like the rest, I like my sugar sweet
But jumping pews and making haste
Just ain't my cup of meat
Everyone's beneath the trees feeding pigeons on a limb
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
All the pigeons gonna run to him
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Listen to what I want to do, I can't decide on my own
Just tell me where it hurts, and I'll tell you who to call
Nobody can get no sleep, if someone's on everyone's toes
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
Everybody's gonna want to doze
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Everybody's building ships and boats
Some are building monuments, others jotting down notes
Everybody's in despair, every girl and boy
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
Everybody's gonna jump for joy
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
I like to go just like the rest, I like my sugar sweet
But jumping pews and making haste
Just ain't my cup of meat
Everyone's beneath the trees feeding pigeons on a limb
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
All the pigeons gonna run to him
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Listen to what I want to do, I can't decide on my own
Just tell me where it hurts, and I'll tell you who to call
Nobody can get no sleep, if someone's on everyone's toes
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
Everybody's gonna want to doze
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
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YES and NO. The name "Mighty Quinn" was the name of a dealers "car" of a mixed cocaine. and that was named after the Anthony Quinn movie reference. There was CLEARLY no religious reference and that is just Xtians wanting to "find jesus" in everything. How ignorant and "how christian of you"! (That is NEVER a compliment from me!) It is about how good you'll feel when you buy this guys coke! People are always ignorant about the drug culture of NYC and the terms used. Look for your musical religious referencing in songs from your hymnals only! You'll find VERY FEW ever in pop culture music. Also the "come on without, come all within" and "jumpin queues is saying if you are without coke come to the clubs, and the Queues are the lines outside the clubs to get in! Also "building ship and boats" was about mixing your drugs and buying drugs from more than one dealer, ships refered to a dealers shipment and boats were the black plastic bags the coke was in to get it into the clubs. So building ships and boats was getting your stock ready each day for the nights business in the clubs "tea rooms"! Thanks, Scotty
@scottyboyd looking way too much into it dude...If Dob Dylan included this many hints and references he would have been writing a movie script...think more generally
@scottyboyd looking way too much into it dude...If Dob Dylan included this many hints and references he would have been writing a movie script...think more generally
@scottyboyd Yeah... Bob Dylan didn't have a huge and public conversion to Christianity which informed his music for decades or anything. I'm sure it's all just obscure references to NYC drug culture. <br /> <br /> How "East Coast" of you. (That's NEVER a compliment from me.)